When I was a kid and I was learning how to ride a bike I fell a number of times until I got the hang of it. Does that mean I never fell again? No. Does that make me a failure at riding a bike? No. ...
This morning I heard the words I needed to hear: "Don't forget the world record for recovery is 24 hours." I am approaching 30 days sobriety and that has always been when I lose my strength and begin acting out...
After a long period of sobriety, I have slipped up and acted out this week. I have had long periods of sobriety before that I've broken before and I have just glossed over and told others that I "had a hard week...
Day 1
I've been struggling with lust for a long time. Being shy and single, I've always found an escape in acting out (and more so now that the Internet beams so much filth). I have tried to overcome the...
A member described the "out of body" experience of watching one's self act out. I remember once, after my first mighty stretch of sobriety (ten days), being in the shower and suddenly watching my hands begin self-...
I have learned that if something comes between me and God, then I will focus on that thing, whatever it may be. Whenever that happens, I enter a zone where I'm exposed to lust and the smallest trigger, even a...
I had a full year of relapses before I became desperate enough to do whatever it took, and still takes on a daily basis, to stay sexually sober and to grow in recovery.
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